Christmas Eve/Christmas day/Boxing Day Menus.

shoei

Well this IS my fave topic!

We have both by other halfs sister and her husband stopping Xmas and xmas eve. His second sister is also stopping both night but her partner is coming after christmas dinner and stopping Christmas night. My family are coming for dinner boxing day at ours and I am cooking Christmas dinner for 7 up at the in laws!

Christmas Eve:
6 of us
Unsure of this yet but either something simple or get Sister 1 to make a nice curry.

Christmas Morn:
Bucks Fizz
Duck eggs and soldiers,
smoked salmon and scrambled egg bagles
bacon egg bagles.

Christmas Lunch:

Prawn cocktail

Turkey (Partners Father in charge of this)
Mashed potatoe
Mashed carrot and suede
Roast potatoes
Roasted carrots and parsnips
Cranberry and chestnut sausage meat stuffing
Pigs in blankets
Figs in blankets (amazing)
Peas with bacon and chestnuts
Carrots
Greens
Braised red cabbage

Christmas pudding

Christmas night:

Left overs and rolls
Cheese board
Triffle

Boxing Day:
Breakfast: Bacon and Egg Muffins/ door step sandwhiches

Probably no lunch as will be waving one set of rellations off and getting ready for another set.

Dinner

Homemade soup

Rib of beef
Mashed potatoe
Yorshire Pudding
Roast potatoes
Mashed potatoe
Leeks
Carrots
peas
Pigs in blankets
figs in blankets
Roast veg

Christmas pudding ice cream
Cheese board

When written like this it seems an silly amount of food but I LOVE bubble and squeek.

I work every thing out and make massive lists. Anything that can be made ahead will be and things that will be eaten for both get made up in one go.

madvixen

I have no idea how many I'm feeding yet (could be 4, could be 12) but the menu will go like this:

Christmas Eve
Slow cooked gammon in cola
Mash potatoes
Broccoli

Christmas Day
Bacon Rolls and Champers

Homemade Chicken Liver and Gin Pate with toast and red onion marmalade
Roast Turkey
Stuffing (s)
Piggies in Blankets
Mash
Roasties
Brussel Sprouts
Carrots in Orange and Cumin
Gravy
Tiramisy Trifle
Cake
Coffee and sweets

Sandwiches in the evening for anyone who wants them

Boxing Day
Bacon sandwiches

Rib of Beef
Yorkshire Puddings
Roast Potatoes
Cauliflower cheese
A N Other veg
Gravy
Leftover trifle and cake

SugarSpun

Chicken liver and gin pate? Recipe please, if you don't mind?

madvixen

SugarSpun wrote: »

Chicken liver and gin pate? Recipe please, if you don't mind?

This recipe changes every time I make it but it always seems to turn out nice
Here goes:
1 pack of chicken livers
lots of butter
black pepper
1 shallot (or half an onion) chopped
cream
thyme
Gin

1) Melt the butter (I use about 50g) in a large pan and add the shallot/onion. Fry over a low heat for 5-10mins
2) Add the chicken livers, lots of black pepper and a sprig of thyme. Fry until the chicken livers are cooked through
3) Add 2 - 3 capfuls of gin to the mix and cook for a further 5 - 10 mins
4) Take the pan off the heat and add some cream. The amount you need varies every time so add about 100ml to start with. You can always add more
5) Blend with a hand blender until you have a smooth consistency. Add more cream if necessary.
6) Chill until set

You can also add white wine if you have no gin although you need slightly more.

Damzel_In_Distress

Thought I'd be nosy and see what you all eat as I only do Christmas eve at home and my mother cooks on christmas day.

Then I see talk of eating Reindeer !!! :eek::eek::eek:

That isn't very festive of any of you

SugarSpun

I won't be eating reindeer at Christmas, although I suspect they would be delicious.

Thank you for the recipe madvixen - sounds yummy. I always think of pate as something involving something incredibly complex and possibly Heston Blumenthal, but it seems absolutely doable

jcr16

it just the 6 of us for xmas. hubby and i and our 4 children. We have our xmas roast on xmas eve. as xmas day is so hectic with opening pressies i don't wanna be in kitchen cooking a dinner missing out on the fun.

so we have a full works roastie dinner. useally beef and chicken. but definatly beef. veggies are whatever is in season. with pigs in blankets, yorkies, stuffing, roasties and gravy .

then pudding is whatever the children have chosen . no one like xmas pudding apart from me , so i don't buy it.


then xmas day we awake to have hot roast pork sandwiches. and then i put a buffet out about 1 and they can nibble through the day as and when they want.

boxing day will either be another roast or a buffet depending on what we have left over. if i have lots of chicken then i turn it into a chicken pie, beef i will slice in gravy for a roast .

As long as were all together and having fun thats most importnt then we just muddle along with the food.x

LV_Sue

We've never done anything special on Christmas Eve foodwise, just normal dinner/supper.

Christmas morning - Bucks Fizz, Bucks Fizz and Bucks Fizz for me, normal breakfast for DH & DS2 (adult). Oh & did I mention Bucks Fizz?

Christmas dinner - DH, DS2, me & DD2 & DGS1 and probably DD1,DS-i-L, DGD2 & DGS2
No starter - we've all been stuffing chocolate all morning
Roast turkey, sausages, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts (yuk!), carrots, mashed swede, sweetcorn, peas, roast parsnips, sage & onion stuffing, gravy, rolls & butter.
Both DDs are veggies, but don't like nut roasts so they just tend to eat extra veg. I may cook some Quorn sausages for them if they want.

Christmas pudding, mince pies and apple crumble and custard/cream. Viennetta for DS2 (family tradition started by my Mum before he was born!) and whoever else wants some.

DS1, DD-i-L & DGD 1 & 2 come over in the afternoon after having dinner with her parents.

Tea/supper
Buffet with cold turkey, ham, beef & pork (cooked on Christmas Eve) and salad stuff. Served with rolls & butter.
Christmas cake, either snowman cake (vanilla sponge made in 2 different sized Pyrex bowls, then covered in white icing & decorated) or Christmas pudding cake (chocolate sponge made in Pyrex bowl, covered in chocolate butter cream and chocolate drops to look like a Christmas pudding) or chocolate log (round chocolate sponge cake sandwiched together & covered with chocolate buttercream with chocolate flakes around the edge to look like bark). Trifle.

Boxing Day
My brother, sis-in-law & 2 (adult) nieces come over about noon as well as our children & grandchildren & girlfriends/boyfriends.
Lunch
Cold meats & pickles, hot sausages, bubble & squeak, jacket potatoes, baked beans (especially for nieces!), salad.
Gigantic apple crumble (it has to feed at least 20:eek:), Christmas pudding, mince pies, custard/cream/ice cream.

Buffet supper
Same as Christmas day, but just for more people!

WantToBeSE

For those of you who use leftovers to make bubble and squeak- how do you make bubble and squeak? I know that sounds silly, but i have never made it!

BarbC

Hi LV Sue - my daughter and I are veggie and while the boys happily scoff down on their meat we like quorn crispy fillets in the meat shaped hole with bisto onion gravy. Just a thought (I get mine in tesco)